Delta Profronde was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Zeeland, Netherlands. In 2005, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was previously known as Ronde van Midden-Zeeland and it was an amateur race between 1959 and 1973. In 2008, the organizers of the Delta Profronde and of the OZ Wielerweekend operated a fusion to create the stage race Delta Tour Zeeland.[1]

Delta Profronde
Race details
DateMid June
RegionZeeland, Netherlands
Local name(s)Delta Profronde (in Dutch)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeOne-day race
History
First edition1959 (1959)
Editions47 (as of 2007)
First winner Miel Verstraete (NED)
Most recent Denis Flahaut (FRA)

Winners

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Year Country Rider Team
1959   Netherlands Miel Verstraete
1960   Netherlands Cees van Amsterdam
1961   Netherlands Bart Solaro
1962   Netherlands Cees Snepvangers
1963   Netherlands Leo van Dongen
1965   Netherlands Dies Kosten
1966   Netherlands Rini Wagtmans
1967   Netherlands Leen de Groot
1968   Netherlands Joop Zoetemelk
1969   Netherlands Henk Benjamin
1970   Netherlands Cees Priem
1971   Netherlands Marcel Pennings
1972   Netherlands Roy Schuiten
1973   Netherlands Peer Maas
1974   Netherlands Tino Tabak
1975   Netherlands Gerard Vianen
1976   Netherlands Fedor den Hertog
1977   Belgium Freddy Maertens
1978   Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann
1979   Netherlands Bert Oosterbosch
1980   Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann
1981   Belgium Eddy Planckaert
1982   Netherlands Henk Lubberding
1983   Netherlands Jan Raas
1984   Belgium Luc Colijn
1985   Belgium Ferdinand Van den Haute
1986   Netherlands Gerrit Solleveld
1987   Netherlands Jean-Paul Van Poppel
1988   Netherlands Peter Pieters
1989   Netherlands Jelle Nijdam
1990   Netherlands Gerrit Solleveld
1991   Netherlands Wiebren Veenstra
1992   Belgium Johan Capiot
1993   Belgium Jo Planckaert
1994   Netherlands Maarten Den Bakker
1995   Netherlands Jeroen Blijlevens
1996   Netherlands Jelle Nijdam
1997 No race
1998   Germany Erik Zabel
1999   Netherlands Servais Knaven
2000   Netherlands Leon van Bon
2001   Belgium Niko Eeckhout
2002   Australia Robbie McEwen
2003   Netherlands Stefan Van Dijck
2004   Belgium Niko Eeckhout
2005   Netherlands Bram De Groot
2006   Netherlands Steven De Jongh
2007   France Denis Flahaut

References

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